This course will focus on the basic computer security concepts as it pertains to logical and physical security at corporate or remote arenas including mobile workforce. The introductory course will expose the student to various design principles of trusted computing bases, legal regulations, investigation and compliance requirements, secure computing concepts, numerous security protocols and principles, practical networking security methodologies, and an introduction to business continuity and disaster recovery concepts.

This course will focus on design principles of trusted computing bases (TCB). Issues regarding authentication, access control and authorization, introductory cryptography, controls categories, media, backups and change control management, discretionary and mandatory security policies, secure kernel design, application development security, secure operating systems (patching and vulnerability management), and secure databases will be covered from a systems architecture perspective. Emphasis will be on the design of security measures for critical information infrastructures.

Learn the fundamentals of security architecture design including security models, enterprise architecture and security evaluations. Understand critical issues related to network security such as the OSI reference model, firewalls, TCP/IP and LAN. Apply techniques used to support larger networks such as MAN and WAN, and those accessed via wireless protocols. Discover the practical aspects of cryptography concepts and how to apply them to improve the security of information systems.

This course will focus on the security aspects of Windows Vista, MAC, and Apple OS technology as it applies to the home and mobile user configuration. This course will also cover the various networking and standalone OS's that are prominent in the corporate world and vital to any company's client to server operations as well as information security governance and risk management.

Analysis of cryptographic algorithms, cryptanalysis, symmetric cryptography, public key cryptography, DES, AES, RSA, hash and MAC functions, digital signatures and certification, pseudo-random generators, cryptographic protocols, SSL/TLS, SET.

This course will focus on issues related to the design and implementation of secure data stores. Emphasis will be placed on multilevel security in database systems, covert channels, and security measures for relational and object-oriented database systems

Fundamental concepts, principles, and practical networking and internetworking issues relevant to the design, analysis, and implementation of enterprise-level trusted networked information systems are covered in this course. Topics include networking and security architectures, techniques, and protocols at the various layers of the Internet model. Security problems in distributed application environments will be analyzed and solutions discussed and implemented.

Designed to provide a solid foundation in the theory and practice of essential computer forensic techniques, this introductory course in computer forensics focuses on preparing students to respond to many types of crisis situations by providing the skills needed to respond to an investigation. Focus is placed on the role of computer forensics and the methods used in the investigation of computer crimes. Other topics covered include aspects of the legal process that apply to computer forensics, detailed explanations of how to effectively manage a forensics investigation, and ways to preserve and present evidence. On the technical side, forensics on Windows Systems including the file system, the registry, and events will be discussed. Live analysis, linux systems, and browser artifacts are also included in the topics covered along with a primer on commercial tools as well as open source tools available.

Incidents (man made and natural) happen within corporations every day. Some incidents, however, occur suddenly and if not handled quickly, can cascade out of control to become crises and disasters that can threaten the very existence of a corporation. In the increasingly competitive international business arena, customers are often highly migratory, and outage of critical business process over time can have a huge negative impact on revenue, cash flow, image prestige, market share and stock prices.

Explore hacking techniques and countermeasures with a focus on techniques used by malicious, black hat hackers. Topics include network systems penetration tools and techniques for identifying vulnerabilities and security holes in operating systems and software applications. Study how perimeter defenses work, how to scan and attack your own network, learn how intruders escalate privileges and review steps that need to be taken to secure a system. Other topics covered include Intrusion Detection, Policy Creation, Social Engineering, DDoS Attacks, Buffer Overflows and Virus Creation.